The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

She [Mme des Laumes] belonged to that half of the human race in whom the curiosity the other half feels about the people it does not know is replaced by an interest in the people it does.

... a man aint so different from a horse or a mule, come long come short, except a mule or a horse has got a little more sense.

As a Christian, your godly life and your godly mothering sends its shimmering wake throughout all eternity.

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

The expression working like a dog dates back to a time in America when men would rise early, then lie around all day and lick their balls.

Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot.

I'm a bit of a gunner on the QWERTY keyboard.

Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.

I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.

Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?